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Sleepy Brown The influence of the '70s on Atlanta crooner Patrick "Sleepy" Brown is manifested in almost everything he does -- from the soulful and funk-driven...
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Citizen Cope Citizen Cope is both a person (Clarence Greenwood) and a band. Born in Memphis, Greenwood is obviously the leader of the group, as he plays the...
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Phil Collins Phil Collins' ascent to the status of one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond was probably as much of...
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D'Angelo D'Angelo was one of the founding fathers and leading lights of the neo-soul movement of the mid- to late '90s, which aimed to bring the organic...
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Jaheim A multi-talented artist, Jaheim is most famous for his R&B vocals, although he has also rapped, modeled, and acted, and appeared in Source and...
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Joe An accomplished vocalist of smooth and sultry R&B productions with occasional hip-hop beats, Joe's extensive background in gospel music has...
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Alicia Keys Alicia Keys helped redefine the term "overnight sensation" when her 2001 debut effort, Songs in A Minor, sold more than 50,000 copies during its...
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Living Colour During the 1980s, rock had become completely segregated and predictable, the opposite of the late '60s/early '70s, when such musically and...
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Teena Marie No white artist has sang R&B more convincingly than Teena Marie, whose big, robust vocals are so black-sounding that when she was starting out,...
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Maxwell Along with fellow founders D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell was enormously important in defining and shaping the neo-soul movement that rose to...
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George Michael Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael) achieved fame in the duo Wham! in his native U.K. in 1982. Through 1986, he and his partner, Andrew...
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Next Just six months after their debut album Rated Next was released in late 1997, Next topped the singles charts with the smooth soul of "Too Close."...
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Robert Palmer The career of blue-eyed soul singer Robert Palmer was a study in style versus substance. While the performer's earliest work won praise for its...
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R. Kelly Urban R&B producer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter R. Kelly and his supporting band Public Announcement began recording in 1992 at the...
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Lionel Richie After leaving the Commodores, Lionel Richie became one of the most successful male solo artists of the '80s, arguably eclipsed during his...
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Seal Seal emerged from England's house music scene in the early '90s to become the most popular British soul vocalist of the decade. Although his...
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Remy Shand Remy Shand emerged on to the neo-soul circuit in 2002 with The Way I Feel, a potent canon of songs inspired by classic Motown and Memphis soul....
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Simply Red The British soul-pop band Simply Red were formed in 1984 by singer Mick "Red" Hucknall (born Michael James Hucknall, June 8, 1960, Manchester,...
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Spiritualized Formed from the ashes of the trance-rockers Spacemen 3, singer/guitarist Jason Pierce's group Spiritualized did not break away from his prior...
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Rod Stewart Rod Stewart may have began his career as a respected singer, yet that respect eroded as he got older, as he became more concerned with stardom...
